Reconnaissance by Aubrie Dionne

Author:Aubrie Dionne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YA Science Fiction Romance, Outer Space, Colony, Post Apocolypic, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing
Published: 2015-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Sunshine and Birds

I held Lyra’s arm and checked her vital signs on the locator embedded in her wrist. Heart rate and blood pressure were slow as was typical of a coma, and her temperature was normal. I wasn’t a medic, but I’d played around with my locator enough to know how to search for a foreign substance interfering with bodily functions. The screen came up with an unknown toxin in her blood stream.

“Look at this.” Sirius had been digging in the cocoons behind me. He carried over a white sack the size of an apple. A membrane, much like the one that surrounded the arachnids’ overgrown brains, swelled with bluish liquid. The spout ended in a tip that oozed a drop on my knee.

He smiled apologetically. “Sorry.”

“That’s okay.” I took the sack from him. The smooth, slick surface gave at my touch, like a water balloon in my hands, and I stifled a shiver. “If one of these sacks is in every cocoon, then the prisoners need a constant supply to keep them in stasis.”

“That’s what I was thinking, too.” Sirius bent down to check Lyra’s locator. “It’s only a matter of time before they wake up.”

“Yes, but how long can we wait?” Time had pressed down on me ever since we’d entered the loading bay. “We only have so long before Crophaven decides to act, and my stomach is twisting with hunger. If I don’t eat something soon, I’ll keel over.”

Sirius pulled a soywafer from his pocket like the candy bar was a precious gem. “We’ll wait as long as it takes.”

I glanced at him like he was a magician performing a trick. “Where did you get that?”

“I’d forgotten all about it. I stuck it in my pocket before our departure ceremony.”

He opened the wrapper and split it in two, throwing me the bigger half. I stuffed the wafer in my mouth. Old, processed soybeans never tasted so good. “You’re a life saver.”

Sirius laughed. His eyes twinkled with amusement. “No, that’s you.”

I stopped in mid-chew, but he’d already gone searching for a place for us to hide. I guessed that was as close to a thank you as I’d get for saving his life. Twice.

We moved all three of the unconscious team members to the corner of the cavern behind a giant stalagmite. Not only were we concealed from most angles, but a vent tunnel spun up into the wall nearby. We could duck in if one of our furry friends decided to show up.

I ripped off a piece of my uniform and tied it around the wound in Alcor’s leg. The bluish ooze had congealed, sealing the wound. “Poor Alcor. How do you think he ended up on this team, anyway?”

Sirius gave me a look of shock. “You don’t know?”

I put my hands on my hips and tried not to feel left out. “Obviously, I have no clue.”

“He comes from a long line of genetic geniuses. His parents are the top medical specialists in organ regeneration, continuing the work of their parents before them.

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